Hurricane Irene was both good and bad for us. Because Jeff's work did not have power- he did not need to go in (yesterday and part of today). Which meant more walls getting knocked down at the Farm. Of course it also meant we didn't have power. Here's the recap on yesterday: Demo continued: mostly on the downstairs bathroom, although the wall between the kitchen and living room came down as well; Jacques our Electrician stopped by to review our plan for electricity (not that we had any to speak of at the time anyways- due to Irene); stopped by the town office: received welcome packet and dump stickers; Painting contractors stopped by to estimate the cost of painting the home (oh, the cost you ask? too too much- more than enough to inspire me to do it myself); and Jeff and I tried out Goody's pizza in Gray (it's worth mentioning that sharing a pizza mid-workday is not a good idea due to the intense desire to nap that follows such a lunch).
Pics leftover from Saturday:
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| Lucy looking regal. She's keeping an eye on things and has no tolerance for slackers. | | | |
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| Michelle adding to the already big pile started by Kathi tearing up the floorboards in the Den |
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Pics from Yesterday:
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| Ok, so remember from the last post how Makenna and Kathi kept finding pennies heads up... check out what I found yesterday while sweeping up: an 1898 Indian head penny- heads up! |
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| New door replacing the old door... don't worry we'll be re-purposing the originals! |
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Wall between Kitchen and Living Room coming down!
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| Check out the awesome welcome packet that New Gloucester gives to new residents! A Town of New Gloucester Welcome pamphlet with all sorts of helpful info (like when the knitting club meets at the library and what you can and cannot recycle); 2 packets of seasoning from the Shakers; Pamphlets and brochures galore; a stack of random business cards from the areas' entrepreneurs; mini fridge calendars; and a full-length CD from the Choir of New Gloucester Congregational Church. We love this town! |
Pics from Today:
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| We may have caused a little bit of a backup during the evening commute. If you look closely at the far center- that's a Gi-nor-mous excavator being unloaded by an 18-wheeler. |
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| The wait will be short people... we really need this hunk of equipment because we'd like to use the toilets in the Farmhouse at some point. |
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| This was so ridiculously awesome to watch get knocked down- I don't think it took anymore than 2 minutes. |
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| The start of our new septic- yay for useable toilets! |
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| Granite Falls Blue |
To cap off a great day of work on the Farm, we had a surprise visit from an Emory descendent (the original owners of the home) and his wife: Scott and Sharon! It was so exciting to have them stop by and share their memories of the place and they were happy to see the home being loved again. Turns out the Farm has a good story that we've only just begun to discover. It originally was a meeting house/dance hall. Apparently the entire upstairs was an open space with 11 ft. ceilings and functioned as the dance hall. Scott said that he believed at one point the place was also used to make shoes for Union soldiers. We'll dig into the history a little more because 160 years is a long time for a home to be standing- can't wait to find out more!
